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Not only is Tanni Grey-Thompson Britain's most successful paralympic athlete in wheelchair racing, she is an esteemed ambassador for disabled athletes and was awarded the prestigious honour of a DBE in 2005.
At the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Tanni added a brilliant four gold medals to those she accumulated in past Paralympics, winning the 800m, 400m, 200m and 100m. Overall, she has won nine gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in four different Paralympics. Tanni also holds the world record in the T53 (the category in which she participates) for the 800m event.
Tanni's interest in athletics began when she was a youngster. At 15, she won the Junior National Games representing Wales in the 100m. Having performed at a world class level for the past ten years, she has been a consistent medal winner in World Championships. She has won the London Marathon six times between 1992 and 2002.
Tanni is also highly regarded off the track, and has appeared on TV programmes such as “Question of Sport”, “This is Your Life” and “Onside”. She is a respected authority on disability sporting issues and a regular television and radio broadcast journalist.
Besides competing, Tanni works for UK Athletics, encouraging British youth to take up sports. She is the Vice President of the Women Sports Foundation and is an active member of, amongst many others, the UK Sports Council, the Philip Lawrence Trust Award Panel, the National Disability Council and the Youth Sports Trust.
Her incisive and well-informed views have made her a very popular conference speaker. Every year, thousands of people enjoy listening to Dame Tanni speak on the topics of motivation, diversity and achievement.
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Tanni Grey-Thompson has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Tanni Grey-Thompson for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Tanni Grey-Thompson for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
"Just a note to say a big thank you to Dame Tanni for the event yesterday. We were delighted and as ever Dame Tanni was amazing!!!"
"Tanni presented to a room of some 200 Sainsbury’s colleagues. All our colleagues found her stories of her sports career both fascinating and inspiring. Her desire to succeed was obvious and certainly something to think about!"
"We’re over the moon. Tanni was absolutely fantastic."
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Tanni Grey-Thompson: I did some non-paid work before 2000, then after the Sydney Paralympics of 2000 I started to do more paid engagements
Tanni Grey-Thompson: It was for Lloyds Bank and I did a 10 minute slot for 3 consecutive days
Tanni Grey-Thompson: I was one of a team of athletes who were to give inspirational anecdotes to sales teams
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Tanni Grey-Thompson: I spoke for Zurich Assurance in Newport last year. The audience was lively and connected with lots of energy.
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Tanni Grey-Thompson: I have a short introduction dvd of my racing career, it’s just long enough usually for me to enter and take my place on stage
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Tanni Grey-Thompson: Yes, I sometimes chat about my appearance on Mastermind or the Weakest Link
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"Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is an inspiration to us all. She explains that disability is a state of mind not of body and reminds us that through hard work and positive thinking, anything is possible. "
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